Archive - Tom Strode
LIFE DIGEST: Pastor calls for Democrats to ‘resist’ abortion
Los Angeles pastor Charles Blake interjected a discordant note into an Aug. 24 interfaith religious service that served as the first official event of the Democratic National Convention. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 26, 2008 - (3)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
New HHS rule would protect pro-life docs
The freedom of conscience of pro-life doctors and other health-care providers would be protected under a new rule proposed by the Bush administration. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 22, 2008
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Calif. court: Fertility doctor must treat gays
The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to religious freedom Aug. 18, critics said, by ruling a fertility doctor cannot refuse to provide a treatment based on a patient’s homosexuality. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008
Topic: Family, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Citizenship, , Religious Liberty
LIFE DIGEST: Researchers moving to reprogrammed cells from embryonic ones
Prominent scientists previously committed to stem cell research that destroys human embryos apparently are shifting their allegiance to reprogrammed stem cells that do no harm. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 19, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Beijing coerces churches to not meet
The Chinese government has forced pastors of unregistered churches to pledge there will be no worship services at their congregations’ meeting sites during a three-month period surrounding the Summer Olympics, a human rights group reported Aug. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 14, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Trafficking bills differ in critical ways
A clash between the Department of Justice and foes of human trafficking over how to address the global problem is on display in the conflicting pieces of legislation they support. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2008
Topic: Family, Children, Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National
DOJ’s reasoning on bill ‘indefensible’
The Department of Justice’s reasons for opposing legislation designed to strengthen the federal effort against human trafficking are “indefensible,” a Southern Baptist public policy specialist says. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National
Land, others warn Bush: Get Department of Justice in line on human trafficking bill
Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has joined in warning President Bush his own Department of Justice is threatening to tarnish his legacy on combating human trafficking. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 13, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Legislation, National
LIFE DIGEST: Prosecutor of Planned Parenthood loses in primary
Planned Parenthood’s primary prosecutorial adversary went down to defeat Aug. 5.
Phill Kline, who became well known for his efforts to prosecute an affiliate of the country’s leading abortion provider, lost in the Aug. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 12, 2008
Bush attends church in China
President Bush attended the worship service of a church registered with China’s communist regime Aug. 10 and afterward promoted freedom of religion in a brief public statement. more »
By Tom Strode - Aug 11, 2008
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty, Issues,